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When he criticized president trump for his comments on charlottesville and for not releasing his tax returns. >> theres no morale equivalency for the hatred we saw and we cannot allow those ambiguous statements to be made. all candidates should have to release their taxes. why dont we do that? >> shepard: senator gardner far from the only gop lawmaker that has faced off with rowdy crowds. jonathan hunt with the news for us. jonathan? >> shep, a lot of lawmakers have indeed been feeling the heat ...

President apologizing. they were apologizing for the koran. he is trying to prevent more americans from getting killed. on the other hand you saw romney today and gingrich earlier in the week hitting him. why are we apologize together afghans for burning books when they are killing american soldiers ? >> first it was wrong for korans to be burned. and i think it is right for the american government to say that thats wrong and obviously it violates the policy of the u.s. government. the fact isti...

When the cops go and take down bin laden we can worry about international law. they dont see a correlation between -- actually they do see -- there is a morale equivalency between somebody who is a mass murderer and the people who went to get them. it is like saying a police officer who is arresting somebody is kidnapping them because he deprives him the right to move around freely. at a certain point you have to choose -- do you find our western culture -- do you think it is something worth arg...

>> again, though, i think its a certain morale equivalency. he talks about often whats radical and doesnt necessarily tie it to islam to the extent he should. that goes back to the comments on 60 minutes after september 11th when he said the u.s. was an accessory to the 9/11 attacks, when he said that bin laden was created by the united states, when as recently as several months ago, he refused to say whether or not hamas was a terrorist organization. so to me, the imam tries to have it both way...

The tactic of morale equivalency, but it doesnt work with people like me, including howard dean. can we roll it? howard dean is breaking from the pack like harry reid. >> i think another site would be a better idea. goodn, i look to do that with the cooperation of the people trying to build the mosque. i believe the people building the mosque are trying to do something that is good. but there is no point trying to do something that is good if it will meet with an enormous resistance. this is a d...

>> we are very confident that hes operating within his right as president. >> equating the american government actions with russian president putins regime. >> do you respect putin? >> i do. >> why? >> well i respect a lot of people but that doesnt mean im going to get along with him. >> putin is a killer. >> a lot of killers. you think our country is so innocent? >> putin is a former kgb agent and thug. theres no equivalent between the way the russians conduct themselves and the way the united ...